PPARGC1A gene polymorphism is associated with exercise-induced fat loss
Mazur, I.I., Drozdovska, S., Andrieieva, O. et al. Mol Biol Rep 47, 7451–7457 (2020)
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Svitlana Drozdovska
D.Sc., professor
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Description of the field of scientific research:
Svitlana researches the molecular genetic aspects of human and animal responses to various types of physical activity, the molecular physiology of motor activity, and sports genetics.
List of duties:
Svitlana is a professor at the Department of Medical and Biological Disciplines at the National University of Ukraine on Physical Education and Sport. Her doctoral dissertation was on molecular genetic markers of high physical performance in sports. She studied the peculiarities of molecular genetic adaptation of obese women to various health fitness programs. As a senior researcher at the University of Lausanne, she studied the effects of hypoxic training and physical activity of different intensities on the expression of genes involved in skeletal muscle metabolism.
Currently, Svitlana is interested in studying changes in the transcriptome and epigenetic profile of genes under the influence of prolonged physical activity as the basis for the health-promoting effect of exercise on the human body and the health of the population as a whole.
Professional experience:
From 2006 to 2019, Svitlana held the Associate Professor of Exercise Physiology position at the National University of Ukraine on Physical Education and Sport. From 2016 to 2021, she was a Senior Research Fellow at the Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology of NAS of Ukraine.
In addition, from 2019 to 2022, she worked as a Professor in the biomedical department at the National University of Physical Education and Sport of Ukraine.
May 2022 — Until today, Svitlana has been a Senior FNS Researcher at the University of Lausanne.
Svitlana has also been a Member of the European College of Sports Science (ECSS) since 2009, a Member of the P.G. Kostyuk Ukrainian Society Physiological Society since 2010, and a Member of the International Federation of Sports Medicine (FIMS) since 2016.